Author Question: The Republican Party was organized in response to the a. defeat of the Kansas-Nebraska Act. b. ... (Read 85 times)

sdfghj · **on:** Jul 9, 2018

The Republican Party was organized in response to the

a. defeat of the Kansas-Nebraska Act.
b. admittance of California as a slave state.
c. failure of the two major parties to take a stand against slavery.
d. collapse of the Whig Party.
e. adoption of the Bill of Rights.

Question 2

Supporters of the Kansas-Nebraska Act defended the law by claiming that it

a. embraced the principle of popular sovereignty.
b. protected the founders vision of United States as a prosperous nation.
c. was the only way to ensure that the South would eventually become free.
d. bolstered the Missouri Compromise.
e. would end the Fugitive Slave Act.